副猪嗜血杆菌外膜蛋白P5的B细胞抗原表位鉴定

副猪嗜血杆菌外膜蛋白P5能诱导机体产生免疫保护反应,同时可以用于特异性的血清学诊断,本试验选取P5蛋白进行抗原表位鉴定。首先通过PCR扩增P5F1（1～204aa）,P5F2（170～296aa）及P5F3（280～371aa）3个片段,PCR产物分别定向克隆到表达载体pET32a（＋）中表达纯化。根据ELISA和Western blotting结果确定P5F3片段（280—371aa）是OmpP5的免疫优势决定区。为了进-步对该免疫优势决定区进行抗原表住鉴定,设计了-套11个部分重叠的短肽,这些短肽覆盖全部280～371aa片段。每-个短肽合成1对寡核苷酸链,退火后插入表达载体pGEX-6p-1,与GST进行融合表达。用HPS阳性血清进行ELISA和Western blotting扫描,鉴定出其表位位于”。TGNTCDAVKGRKALIT351。通过序列分析证实该抗原表位在不同的HPS菌株中高度保守。本试验确定了位于HPSOmpP5上的-个抗原表位,为建立-种方便、快捷、适用于现地大规模样品检测的鉴别诊断方法奠定了基础,同时也为HPS新型亚单位疫苗的研制,以及研究病原茵感染和机体免疫过程中P5蛋白与宿主体内相应分子之间的相互作用提供了有用信息。     

5 Aza dC对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞PPARγ表达的影响

为阐明DNA甲基化对奶牛乳腺泌乳功能调控的机制,研究了甲基化抑制剂5氮杂2′脱氧胞苷（5 Aza dC）对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞中PPARγ基因启动子甲基化状态及其表达的影响,以体外培养的奶牛乳腺上皮细胞为模型,采用0.1、0.5、1.0、5.0μmol／L的5 Aza dC对奶牛乳腺上皮细胞进行处理,用EpiQuikTM DNA methyltransferase assay试剂盒进行甲基转移酶活性检测,采用CASY细胞分析仪检测细胞活力和增殖能力,利用亚硫酸氢盐测序（BSP ）技术检测了PPARγ启动子的甲基化特征,qRT PCR法检测PPARγmRNA表达的变化,Western blot检测PPARγ蛋白表达的变化。结果显示：与空白对照组相比,0.1μmol／L的5 Aza dC对奶牛乳腺细胞生长无毒性,处理96 h甲基转移酶活性极显著降低,奶牛乳腺细胞的PPARγ基因启动子甲基化程度降低,PPARγ表达升高。表明5 Aza dC可降低奶牛乳腺细胞中PPARγ启动子区域的甲基化程度,促进PPARγ表达。     

Effect of Raptor on invasion ability of glioma cells

AIM：To study the influence of Raptor on the invasion ability of glioma cells. METHODS：The technique of RNA interference was used. U87 cells were transfected with Raptor restricted siRNA plasmid, and the expression level of Raptor in the transfected cells was detected by Western blotting. The invasive ability of the cancer cells in vitro was determined. The phosphorylation level of ARK5 and the expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9 were detected by Western blotting. The expression levels of Raptor in the tumor samples of low-grade gliomas (WTO grade I and grade II) and high-grade gliomas (WTO grade III and grade IV) were also analyzed by immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS：Raptor siRNA was transfected into U87 cells and the cells were named siRaptor/U87 cells. The cells transfected with the control plasmid was named Scr/U87 cells. The expression level of Raptor in siRaptor/U87 cells was lower than that in Scr/U87 cells. The results of in vitro invasion assay showed that the number of siRaptor/U87 cells penetrating the Matrivgel matrix membrane was less than that of Scr/U87 cells (P＜0.01). The protein expression of MMP-2 and MMP-9, and phosphorylation of ARK5 protein in the cells in the experimental group were lower than those in control group. The correlation between the expression of Raptor in gliomas and the degree of deterioration was also observed (P＜0.01). CONCLUSION：The expression of Raptor may contribute to the invasion ability of glioma cells by phosphorylation of ARK5 and increase in the levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9.     

Acquisition of the potential for sperm motility in steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): effect of pH on dynein ATPase

Salmonid sperm pre-incubated at extracellular pH (pH_e) values less than about 7.4 do not become motile upon water activation whereas sperm maintained above about pH 8.0 demonstrate maximal motility upon activation. The basis for this permissive effect of elevated pH_e on sperm motility is not known. Since it is conceivable that the pH sensitivity of dyneinATPase (the molecular motor that drives flagellar movement) could be the basis of, or contribute to this pH dependency, the pH sensitivity of this enzymatic activity was evaluated in membrane-permeabilized axonemes (isolated flagella) ofsteelhead sperm. DyneinATPase activity was found to be sensitive to pH. This activity in permeabilized axonemes was about 3.5-fold higher at pH 7.6 compared to 7.0. To determine whether the pH sensitivity ofATP regeneration might affect the interpretation of the effect of pH on dyneinATPase activity, the pH sensitivities of creatine kinase and adenylate kinase were established. The rates ofATP generation by these enzymes were insensitive to pH between 6.5 and 8.0. The results of these studies are consistent with the hypothesis that prior maintenance at pH_e, in part, controls the potential for sperm motility upon water activation via an influence on dyneinATPase activity. However, the potential for motility ofsteelhead sperm is particularly sensitive to prior maintenance at pH_e values between about 7.4 and 8.0 whereas the dyneinATPase activity of permeabilized axonemes was particularly sensitive to pH values between 7.0 and 7.6. Phosphorus NMR spectroscopy was used to determine that sperm intracellular pH (pH_i) increased with increasing pH_e between 7.0 and 8.5 and pH_i was, on average 0.4–0.5 pH units lower than pH_e. Therefore the pH_e sensitivity of the potential for motility appears to correspond to the pH_i sensitivity of dyneinATPase activity. The data indicate that pH_i is directly related to pH_e and that prior incubation at pH_e may, in part, control the sperm's potential for motility upon water activation via an influence on dyneinATPase activity.     

Effects of aromatase inhibitors on reproduction in male three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, exposed to long and short photoperiods

Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, males were implanted with Silastic capsules filled with different aromatase inhibitors; 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione or the non-steroidal CGS16949 A, 4-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydrimidazol [1,5-a]pyridin-5-yl) benzonitrile monohydrochloride or empty capsules. The fish were then exposed to long or short photoperiod. Under the long photoperiod most fish in all treatments displayed a hypertrophied kidney (a secondary sexual character in sticklebacks) and completed, quiescent spermatogenesis, similar as in the natural spawning period. Under the short photoperiod the controls had unstimulated kidneys and an active spermatogenesis, whereas the males implanted with both aromatase inhibitors had stimulated kidneys, though not to the extent as in the long photoperiod, and completed, quiescent spermatogenesis. These findings suggest that aromatization is of importance for the inhibitory effects of short photoperiod on reproduction in the stickleback. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Serotonin stimulates ovarian maturation and spawning in the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5HT) has been reported to induce ovarian maturation and spawning in the crayfish Procambarus clarkii and white Pacific shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. The aim of this study was to explore the role of exogenous 5HT on the reproductive performance of the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. 5HT solution was injected into domesticated P. monodon broodstock at 50 μg/g body weight and ovarian maturation and spawning were recorded. The presence of 5HT in the ovary and oviduct of P. monodon was also studied by immunohistochemistry and its levels in the ovary by enzyme link immunoabsorbance assay (ELISA). The 5HT-injected P. monodon developed ovarian maturation and spawning rate at the level comparable to that of unilateral eyestalk-ablated shrimp. Hatching rate and the amount of nauplii produced per spawner were also significantly higher in the 5HT-injected shrimp, compared to the eyestalk-ablated shrimp. 5HT-positive reactions were found in the follicular cells of pre-vitellogenic oocytes, in the cytoplasm of early vitellogenic oocytes and on the cell membrane and cytoplasm of late vitellogenic oocytes. 5HT in the ovary was present at 3.53 ± 0.26 ng/mg protein level in previtellogenic stage and increased to 17.03 ± 0.57 ng/mg protein level in the mature stage of the ovary. The results suggest a significant role of 5HT, possibly directly on the ovary and oviduct, on the reproductive function of female P. monodon.     

Comparison of 5′-inosine monophosphate and p-nitrophenyl phosphate degrading activities among red,pink, and white muscle fibers of cultured carp

ABSTRACT:   As part of a study to clarify the differences in the temporal change in K -value among fish species, the temporal change in K -value and the 5'-inosine monophosphate (5'-IMP) and p-nitrophenol phosphate (p-NPP) degrading activities in the red, pink, and white muscle fibers in the dorsal muscle of the carp were compared. The temporal change in K -value was fastest in red, followed by pink, and white muscle fibers, at both 0°C and 32°C. Moreover, the 5'-IMP and p-NPP degrading activities were highest in red, followed by pink, and white muscle fibers at near optimum pH concentrations. The 5'-IMP degrading activity at pH 7.0 had a positive correlation with the increasing rate of K -value at 32°C for all types of muscle fibers. These results suggest that differences in increasing rates of K -values between red, pink, and white muscle fibers corresponded to the 5'-IMP degrading activities.     

Temporal changes in plasma thyroid hormone,growth hormone and free fatty acid concentrations,and hepatic 5′-monodeiodinase activity,lipid and protein content during chronic fasting and re-feeding in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Temporal changes in growth, plasma thyroid hormone, cortisol, growth hormone (GH) and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) concentrations, hepatic T₃ content and hepatic 5-monodeiodinase activity were measured in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) subjected to a sustained fast for up to eight weeks, and during a four-week re-feeding period. The purpose of the study was to examine aspects of the endocrine control of energy partitioning processes characteristic of short-term (acute; fasting) and long-term (chronic; starvation) food-deprivation states in fish, and to explore the role of the thyroid hormones, cortisol and GH in the energy repartitioning that takes place during an acute anabolic (re-feeding) state following chronic food deprivation.Differences in growth rate between fed and fasted groups were evident after two weeks, but significant weight loss by the fasted groups was not evident until between four and six weeks into the fast. Hepatosomatic indices (HSIs) were significantly reduced in the fasted fish within seven days, and as early as two days in one study; recovery of the HSI in fasted fish was evident within three days of re-feeding. Liver protein content (expressed as % wet weight) was consistently depressed in the fasted fish in only one of the three studies. Liver total lipid content (expressed as % wet weight) was depressed in the fasted fish within two days of food deprivation. Because of the rapid and sustained decrease in the HSI of fasted fish, the hepatic total protein and lipid reserves, when considered on a body weight basis, were markedly lowered within the first few days of the fast. Plasma GH concentrations exhibited a bi-modal pattern of change, with a transient fall in levels, followed by a sustained increase in fasted fish. The indicators of interrenal activity were suggestive of a depressed pituitary-interrenal axis in fasted animals; plasma cortisol levels were elevated to levels of fed animals within one day of re-feeding. The indicators of thyroid hormone economy (plasma thyroid hormone levels, liver triiodothyronine content, hepatic 5-monodeiodinase (MD) activity, thyroid epithelial cell height) were similarly indicative of a depressed pituitary-thyroid axis in fasted animals, with recovery to levels of the fed animals within one week. Despite the compensatory changes in accumulation of reserves (as indicated by a compensatory increase in HSI), there were no apparent compensatory changes in any of the endocrine parameters evident during the re-feeding period.